Bridle-bit



(No Model.)

J. Mo-KENNEY.

BRIDLE BUT.

NO. 453,414. Patented June 2, 189 1.

ms nonms versus 4:0,, PHOYU-LITML, WASHINGTON, n. c.

I UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL MOKENNEY, OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,414, dated June 2, 1891.

Application filed March 9, 1891. Serial No. 384,236. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOEL MCKENNEY, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBridle-Bits, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to snaffies or bridlebits, and has for its object the provision of improvements upon the bridle-bit shown and described and claimed'in United States Patent No. 402,608, dated May 7, 1889, and granted I upon my petition.

A difficulty experienced with the device described in the said patent was that the inner ends of the bars were liable in use to injure the'horses mouth, and its operation was not always effective, or effective in the desired extent or manner.

My present invention is especially adapted to use on trotting and other fast driving horses, and is on Scientific principles adapted to the sensitive muscular organs of the mouth of the horse.

The invention consists of a snaffle comprising two bars jointed together by means of a link connected with each bar at an appreciable distance from the meeting ends of the two bars, combined with a ring arranged in slots in the inner parts of the bars and at a right angle to the link, all as is hereinafter more fully explained and set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters indicating the same parts or features, as the case may be,wherever they occur.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the head and the neck of the horse, showing one of the desirable ways of constructing and arranging a bridle and reins in the use of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved bridle-bit.

In carrying out my invention I form the bit proper of two bars a a, jointed together by means of link I), whichis connected with each bar a by passing therethrough, as at c, 12511 appreciable distance from the ends of the are.

(Z designates a slot formed in the inner ends of the bars a, in which slot is arranged aring e, so as to lie in a position at a right angle to the link I).

f designates rings or loops arranged to slide on the bar a, with which the nose-strap g may be connected, as also the cheek-straps h.

2' designates rings pivotally connected with the outer ends of the bars a, to which the driving-rein may be Secured in the usual way. An overdraw j may be connected with the nose band or strap g and be passed over the head of the horse and be secured to the harness in the usual manner. With this construction and arrangement of parts, should the horse become unruly or pull too hard on the reins, a slight j erk on thelatterby the driver will have the effect of buckling the bars a a so as to throw the ring 6 into the roof of his mouth, distracting his attention from the cause of his misbehavior and bringing him immediately to respond to the will of the driver, as indicated, by the control of the reins.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form and arrangement of parts comprising my invention without departing from the nature and spirit thereof.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting to describe all of the forms of its construction or modes of use, I declare that what I claim is- The herein-described snaffle or bridle bit,

consisting of two bars, the inner ends of which meet or nearly meet, said bars being jointed together by means of a link connected therewith at an appreciable distance beyond the meeting ends, the inner portions of the bars being slotted, and a ring 6, arranged in the said slots at a right angle to the said link, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of March, A. D. 1891.

JOEL MCKENNEY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. Gnossnnr, A. D. HARRISON. 

